Interview with Terry Smith of The Grascals

The Grascals work hard. That’s the only logical conclusion we can make when we seek to explain the success and continued upward trajectory of one of bluegrass music’s most in-demand modern acts.

The Grascals consist of Jamie Johnson, vocals; Terry Eldredge, vocals and guitar; Terry Smith, vocals and bass; Danny Roberts, vocals and mandolin; Jeremy Abshire, fiddle and Kristin Scott Benson on banjo and guitar. Since 2004, this fruitful union of prodigious individual talents has conspired together to produce an exciting new bluegrass sound that somehow manages to be greater than the sum of its parts.

Tony Rice Interview

If you like bluegrass music and haven’t heard of Tony Rice, the chances are you haven’t been paying attention. Tony is one of very few musicians who, in a career spanning more than forty years, has left a legacy not just of phenomenal recorded music but has also inspired countless musicians to absorb his guitar playing techniques and imitate his style. It’s hard to overstate the impact Tony’s unique way of playing has had on bluegrass as we know it today. Countless musical ‘licks’ and phrases that today’s guitar players consider ‘classic’ or ‘standard’ bluegrass runs can be attributed to Tony Rice.